[4] Kamal Ganzouri was born on 12 January 1933 in Garwan, a town in Bagor city in Monofia.

He was appointed director of The National Planning Institute in 1977 after resigning from Governor of Bani Suef State.

After Hosni Mubarak assumed power as President of Egypt in 1981, Ganzouri became Minister of Planning after one year in 1982.

Some regime officials kept saying he didn't do any good to the country, and so his 20-year plan vanished while the 4 projects were neglected by the new cabinet.

Ganzouri then appeared for the first time in about 11 years of silence as the Egyptian Revolution broke and right after Hosni Mubarak stepped down in a phone call on "Al Haya Al Youm" television program saying that's a day of a new era in Egypt and that there is no going back from this day.

He then reappeared in "Al Ashera Masa'a" TV program as his first dedicated interview after resurfacing.

He started it with condolences to the protestors who died during the Egyptian Revolution, and stated that he was ready to be judged for whatever actions he took that damaged Egypt.

He was later interviewed on Almasry Alyoum where he was asked if he would nominate himself for the Presidency of Egypt, but declined to answer saying that would be the people's choice to make.

Immediately following his appearance on television, pages and groups on Facebook emerged supporting him for presidency.